Galadhrim Ambush
Galadhrim Ambush: Instant, Tales of Middle-earth Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{G}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC)
- Released
- 2023-06-23
- Collector number
- 38
- Artist
- John Di Giovanni
- Commander rank
- 2,193 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Galadhrim Ambush
Galadhrim Ambush is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green instant from Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC), a Commander product released in June 2023. It is collector number 38 in that set, with art by John Di Giovanni. It costs {3}{G} (three generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Tales of Middle-earth Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $6.32 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Create X 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature tokens, where X is the number of attacking creatures.
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by non-Elf creatures.
"None of the Orcs will ever return out of Lórien." -Haldir
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $6.32 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Galadhrim Ambush by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Galadhrim Ambush
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #440 | Rare | 2023 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #121 | Rare | 2023 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Galadhrim Ambush.
- Galadhrim Ambush counts all attacking creatures no matter which player, planeswalker, or battle they're attacking, including attacking creatures you control if Galadhrim Ambush is cast during your combat phase.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Galadhrim Ambush is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.